Muralitharan was reported to be in the Sri Lankan coastal town of Galle when the tidal waves struck and narrowly avoided injury.
"I missed the wave by 20 minutes," Muralitharan told the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday. "I had only just left Galle so I am very lucky to be alive.
"The wave was over 6m high and it went 2km inland. A lot of our cricketers are from there and we don't know how their families are."
Kuruppu earlier said the mother of one player was among those injured. Several other players were still trying to contact members of their extended families.
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